ISEN

About ISEN

ISEN is an engineering school which dates back to the birth of Electronics. It was founded on a University campus with 6 university departments and 30 colleges. This 120 year-old university brings together 20 000 students in disciplines as varied as Science and Technology, Arts and Humanities, Economics and Management, Medicine.

ISEN consists of 3 campuses in Brest, Lille, and Toulon. The training and research activities are recognized worldwide in all the applications of Electronics: Control Engineering, IT,Telecommunications, Networking, Microelectronics as well as Nanotechnologies.

300 students graduate every year. 6 000 ISEN-trained engineers, are currently working on all continents and in all industrial branches. Most of them are employed in French or foreign international companies such as: EADS,Thales Group, Airbus, IBM,Toyota, British Telecom, Siemens,STMicroelectronics, Infineon, Intel,Texas Instruments and more.

6 000 ISEN-trained engineers - 1500 students
3 campuses - 100 teachers - 12 labs

ISEN:Research at the forefront

ISEN supports innovative research at the highest level in engineering sciences and is one of the leading French engineering schools to account for more than 30 faculties belonging to the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). ISEN has always been strongly committed in maintaining a favourable research environment for its faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows by contributing to the creation of several renowned national research institutes (IEMN, IRCICA, L2MP).

Research activities include IT,telecommunications, signal, processing, microelectronics, optoelectronics, acoustics, microsystems and emerging fields, such as nanosciences and bioelectronics.

ISEN : reaching out to France, Europe and the world

Being a student at ISEN means being located in France but also at the heart of Europe. The 3 ISEN campuses deliver the same training but offer specialized electives. In the final year, students can choose to change campus,or do a year in a partner school in Paris, Lyon or Angers or even go abroad to a partner university.

Campus on the Atlantic

Located in Brittany, in Brest, a centre of high technology on the ocean. 24000 students reside in the metropolitan area.The countryside is stunning and the sea offers all nautical sports. Brest is one of the great sailing capitals in the world.

Campus on the Mediterranean

Located in Toulon, on the Mediterranean sea, near Italy and Spain. Campus life is lively offering access to culture and sport: concerts, exhibitions, sailing and surfing, not to mention 7 hectares of beachfront right in the centre of the town.

Campus in the heart of Europe

Located in Lille at walking distance of the town centre, in an area with a 20000 student population. Lille is one hour from Paris, 30 minutes from Brussels, less than 2 hours from London and three hours from Amsterdam and Cologne.

Contact

Evelyne LITTON
In charge of international relations
ISEN (Brest, Lille,Toulon)
41 boulevard Vauban 59046
Lille Cedex
Tél. +33 (0)3 20 30 40 50
Mail : evelyne.litton@isen.fr